We might be easing out of lockdown but many of us are having very different thoughts and feelings about our journey to a new ‘normal’.
If you are feeling blue about all the changes both past and ongoing or need somewhere to escape to inorder to get your creative juices flowing, what better way than to seek refuge in a fantastic book, where from the safety of your front room, a comfy blanket in a park or wherever you maybe, you can pick up a good book and be propelled on an exciting new journey, or to a far off galaxy or exotic lands.
Here are 10 quotes about the magic of reading and where a good book can take you….
“Books allowed me to see a world beyond the front porch.…[and] the power to see possibilities beyond what was allowed at the time.” - Oprah Winfre
“Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere.” – Mary Schmich
“Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no libraries.” – Anne Herbert
"There is no Frigate like a Book To take us Lands away" – Emily Dickinson
“There are many little ways to enlarge your world. Love of books is the best of all” – Jacqueline Kennedy
“Books and doors are the same thing. You open them, and you go through into another world.” – Jeanette Winterson
“Books can be dangerous. The best ones should be labeled ‘This could change your life.'” – Helen Exley
“Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life.” – Fernando Pessoa
“When you lose yourself in a book the hours grow wings and fly.” – Chloe Thurlow
"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go." - Dr Seuss
If you are keen to join us at Congress Book Club, where we meet monthly (online at the moment) to discuss our chosen book, please email [email protected] with your name and mobile number to be added to our whatsapp group.
By Rebekah Dobson
